All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, says he
will never be part of any carnage.
Tinubu was reacting to Tuesday night attack which saw
security forces open fire on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate area of
Lagos State.
The former Lagos State governor spoke on Wednesday morning
in a telephone interview with Channels Television
He condemned the action allegedly perpetrated by the Nigerian Army, saying, “Why will they use live bullets?
“I will never, never be part of any carnage. I will never be
part of that.”
Tinubu also denied having any investment in the Lekki
Concession Company, the firm which manages the tollgate.
“I have no dime, no kobo investment in the tollgate,” he
said.
Continuing, the APC chieftain said, “We are about 13 to 14
days into the protests now. Before now, I was being accused and reported to the
Presidency that I was behind the protests, that I was a sponsor of the
protests.”
Tinubu said he refuted the allegations and “appealed to the
youths” and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to respond to the demands of the
protesters.
“That was why he (Sanwo-Olu) set up the Judicial Commission
of Inquiry. The governor has gone to the home of one of the victims to appeal
to them.
“He has put N200m together as part of restitution and
compensation for those attacked.”
Tragedy struck when security operatives, in a bid to
disperse #EndSARS protesters, reportedly opened fire on the teeming youths at
the Lekki tollgate around 7pm on Tuesday.
No fewer than seven persons have been reported dead while at
about 30 injured youths are currently receiving treatments at different
hospitals in the Lekki area.
#EndSARS protesters have been demonstrating against police
brutality and extrajudicial killings at the Lekki tollgate for over a week.
Similar demonstrations have been staged in different parts
of the state and the country.
However, hoodlums had hijacked the #EndSARS campaign in some
cities, wreaked havoc on citizens and vandalised public assets in Lagos, Benin,
Abuja, Jos, Ekiti, Akure, Ibadan, amongst others.
At least three police stations and three banks were torched
by hoodlums in Lagos on Tuesday.
The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had imposed a
24-hour curfew to stem the tide of the growing violence.
Tuesday night attack has been condemned locally and
internationally.
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